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it means jail for all of the people who lied to take us to war i mean george w. bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't talk about p.t.s.d. for u.s. soldiers without acknowledging that p.t.s.d. for an entire generation of iraqis is a real reality millions and millions of people whose lives have been destroyed and so people want justice for all of these war criminals and people are fighting to win justice and an organization we are forward is working to help get this justice and also help that's opt out thank you so much mike prize the iraq war veteran and co-founder of march forward. so guys as you know this week
it means jail for all of the people who lied to take us to war i mean george w. bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of...
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articles of impeachment against george bush and dick cheney when you look at things like nixon being ousted for wiretapping clinton being ousted for an affair how is it that these two men could not be held accountable for initiating an illegal war based on known lies well i think we have to place. the responsibility for that on the shoulders of democratic leadership. because we could have moved forward with impeachment but the democratic. but today that war was based on lies so then should not since the catastrophe of the war resulted in thousands of americans being killed tens of thousands injured maybe a million of innocent iraqis died perhaps damaged in the hundreds of billions of dollars to iraq should there be some kind of bill and so what i've called for is a process of truth and reconciliation like south africa had many years ago where leaders are required to come forward and state their role in the decision making process and if they lie then they're subject to perjury charges we need to clear the air in america we need the truth and it's every since everyone knows it was bas
articles of impeachment against george bush and dick cheney when you look at things like nixon being ousted for wiretapping clinton being ousted for an affair how is it that these two men could not be held accountable for initiating an illegal war based on known lies well i think we have to place. the responsibility for that on the shoulders of democratic leadership. because we could have moved forward with impeachment but the democratic. but today that war was based on lies so then should not...
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let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i liked years ago. i wish he we had that years ago. we don't like the guy. he has bad friends. >> he is trying not to get in obama's way and not to play a role in this. i was funny was elite level trolling by donald rumsfeld. he said the president hasn't made the case for war, which just set off people on the left, right and center all over the place. when you have donald rumsfeld questioning your intelligence and your case for going to war in the middle east, i mean, i think that's trolling on a level. >> they all belong where they are with the american enterprise
let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i...
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bush was unilateral without a you couldand now argue obama has less of a coalition than bush did. bush didn't get the u.n. he was forced, but did get a u.n. resolution saddam hussein was out of compliance with u.n. he hads and bush argued a right to go and he also got permission from congress with and hillary clinton voting for him. it doesn't look like barack congress. wait for >> i think this is a case where the administration seems to have decided this is going to be on willing to do it, not only for the region itself region,allies in the but also for the case of iran which is one where the united states the which has said ryan braun -- not be permitted to have a nuclear weapon, the thatistration is conscious if we don't act, the president having elevated that red line, they're going to conclude -- >> conclude -- gwen: that word credibility runs through this whole thing which what we say oro no one will believe us. >> kerry brought that up explicitly. gwen: and also kerry talked about the american public exhaustion with this. bit moreten a little on what he had to say today abo
bush was unilateral without a you couldand now argue obama has less of a coalition than bush did. bush didn't get the u.n. he was forced, but did get a u.n. resolution saddam hussein was out of compliance with u.n. he hads and bush argued a right to go and he also got permission from congress with and hillary clinton voting for him. it doesn't look like barack congress. wait for >> i think this is a case where the administration seems to have decided this is going to be on willing to do...
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we have george bush i. basically picks up are reagan left it. we have a recession in the early '90s. a lot are paying off the debt we accumulate in thed 1980 because we spent so much money. that's not good either. we have a new threat. outsourcing in a big way. at love jobs are going overseas. more bad news. the media focus on what they call the downsize middle class white worker. the worker is angry that protected minority are getting preferential treatment. .. even if you are not poor unemployed work the barely making ends meet if you aren't a lower class in the middle 90s. it's not surprising that the presidential election in the early 90s becomes about winning the class voters. this one has basically exclusively about who is going to get the middle-class boat which continues up to this day. george bush won decides to look more middle-class by having a pizza with factory workers. he buys socks at jcpenney as well. bill clinton just has a better story. he promises to rebuild the prosperity of ordinary americans. and it doesn't hurt that he's f
we have george bush i. basically picks up are reagan left it. we have a recession in the early '90s. a lot are paying off the debt we accumulate in thed 1980 because we spent so much money. that's not good either. we have a new threat. outsourcing in a big way. at love jobs are going overseas. more bad news. the media focus on what they call the downsize middle class white worker. the worker is angry that protected minority are getting preferential treatment. .. even if you are not poor...
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. >>> george w. bush spends the night in the hospital after doctors perform a procedure to clear a blocked arter er near the former president's heart. >> the damage is done. they need to let my father go. >> the father of a teenager believed to be kidpped begs for her release and sends a message directly to his daughter. >> hannah, we all love you very much. if you have a chance, you take it. you run. you'll be found. thank you. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, august 7th, 2013. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm alexis christoforous. president obama is speaking out about the terror threat that's forced the closure of more than a dozen diplomats posts. yesterday they were ordered out of yemen and the first criminal charges were filed in last year's attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. jericka duncan has our report. >> reporter: president obama got serious on "the tonight show with jay leno," speaking publicly for the first time about the cur
. >>> george w. bush spends the night in the hospital after doctors perform a procedure to clear a blocked arter er near the former president's heart. >> the damage is done. they need to let my father go. >> the father of a teenager believed to be kidpped begs for her release and sends a message directly to his daughter. >> hannah, we all love you very much. if you have a chance, you take it. you run. you'll be found. thank you. captioning funded by cbs >>>...
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george bush ruined america's credibility when it comes 0 intervention and this is part of the problem that president obama has. he can't go out and get a coalition of the willing so easily anymore because of this country's record of lying to the world, of misstepping, of creating refugees. how do we know this is going to be the right thing to do just because on paper it says it's the moral thing to do? i don't buy it. i haven't seen enough. and i hope it doesn't happen. get your cell phones out. for tonight's question, i ask, the audience again, should the united states take military action against syria ria? >> a for yes, b for no to 67622. you can go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later in the show. i have two exberts on this tonight. this is where america comes to talk, "the ed show." former navy admiral who worked in intelligence, former pennsylvania ef congressman joe ses stack with us and john gar mandy. this is the most we have heard everywhere secretary of state kerry, the most from president obama. today is a big news day. congressman, you first. 78%
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. >>> a member of the bush family might be throwing weight behind a democratic nominee. george w. bush's daughter barbara claims she wants hillary clinton to become president. two years ago, she supported gay marriage in a youtube video. >>> the show in the bay area will take about 12 seconds. ryan pateo says that is how long it will take to implode anest bay landmark. >> everyday i look at the building, but it will not be there anymore. >> reporter: a view like this makes cal state east bay's warren hall like small. lee baker lives three miles from campus. >> and i want to find out as much as i can about earthquakes. >> reporter: the experts want to learn, too. that is why they are plants these near campus. including a few at baker's house. >> i will have a front row seat. >> reporter: the 13-story build sergeant now a shell of what it was. it was the worth earthquake hazard so school officials closed it because it is so close to the fault. >> the fault is about a thousand yards in that direction. in 12 seconds, that building is going to be a pile of rubble. >> reporter: implosio
. >>> a member of the bush family might be throwing weight behind a democratic nominee. george w. bush's daughter barbara claims she wants hillary clinton to become president. two years ago, she supported gay marriage in a youtube video. >>> the show in the bay area will take about 12 seconds. ryan pateo says that is how long it will take to implode anest bay landmark. >> everyday i look at the building, but it will not be there anymore. >> reporter: a view like...
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bush and other republicans. he has singled out the george w. bush appointees. call is from east point, mich., republican -- i am just curious - what was the nsa gathering up all of our personal records and what the irs as been doing? i guess it's for our protection. why is it then that when americans truly needed help in benghazi, the administration sat there and did nothing? guest: those things are not at all commensurate. let me try to address that. in fact, it is tragic and unconstitutional and not in any way necessary to keep us safe for our defense department to be spying on us. think about it in terms of common sense. when you call your pizzeria and order a deep dish pizza with mushrooms and pepperoni on top, does the defense department need to know that? does that make you safer in any respect whatsoever? i think the answer is obvious. it does not. with regard to benghazi, i have had the benefit of reading all the classified material including the cables. bravebassador took a very but, in the end, an unfortunate chance when he went to an area that was no
bush and other republicans. he has singled out the george w. bush appointees. call is from east point, mich., republican -- i am just curious - what was the nsa gathering up all of our personal records and what the irs as been doing? i guess it's for our protection. why is it then that when americans truly needed help in benghazi, the administration sat there and did nothing? guest: those things are not at all commensurate. let me try to address that. in fact, it is tragic and unconstitutional...
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this is george bush 41. >> he's a great guy. >> rose: but he played fast golf. >> very. >> rose: her is ronald reagan. >> these are are like white house dinners. >> rose: here again with the bushes. here again with -- who's the lady in white? >> oh, she happens to be the queen. (laughter). >> rose: and so here we go with some trophies. >> various ryder cup. >> rose: what is the ryder cup. >> it's a great international competition. >>> rose: there's more enthusiasm for it than -- >> well, i hope so. i've always been a big thinker that the more international competition we can create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries. >> rose: the more common ground we can find. >> exactly! >> rose: the better off we'll be when push comes to shove. >> that's right. that's the name of the game. >> rose: so here you are with bill clinton. clinton here, clinton here. now he loves golf. >> he's a great guy! whatever your politics are. >> rose: what's his golf. >> well, the ball just didn't have a zip code on it. (laughs). >> rose: wherever he was driving the ball, it wasn't
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here is a preview of the event hosted last month at the george w. bush institute last month. these are just rough numbers, about a million new jobs in the state of texas in the last five years. roughly a million lost jobs in california. that is amazing. points is what we are seeing right now is one of the great wealth transfers in american history geographically from states like california that don't get it right, my home state of illinois that don't get it right and states that do get it right like texas. this is one reason to be bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing is texas and california are the two highest immigration states. the tax system is a much better job of economically assimilating immigrants so they are successful here. tell a foreign more of a welfare invites immigrants and the welfare system at a much higher pace than texas does. people come to texas, in my opinion, for jobs. people come to california for welfare grade i think you see the differing economic outcomes as a result. texas is the model other states should be emulating. see that enti
here is a preview of the event hosted last month at the george w. bush institute last month. these are just rough numbers, about a million new jobs in the state of texas in the last five years. roughly a million lost jobs in california. that is amazing. points is what we are seeing right now is one of the great wealth transfers in american history geographically from states like california that don't get it right, my home state of illinois that don't get it right and states that do get it right...
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bush which was real bad with his base. >> what i worry about -- >> he's worse than george bush that need to be clear. >> worse in what way >> on the surveillance program. >> worse meaning tough center >> tougher in the sense he's being covert, not being transparent. as a senator he actually was very critical of the provision in the patriot act which actually allows for the government, makes it legal for the government to actually collect information on american citizens. and i think, you know, this was again all about restoring public faith. to your point it was rallying his base and trying to say it wasn't as bad as these disclosures. you saw the dea, intercepting and funneling intelligence and covering it up in phoney investigations. obama is realizing he's going to lose support on this issue. >> i'll ask before we move on to different parts of this press conference but i want to ask you he, of course, he said that snowden is not a patriot. that's really all he said. he didn't have any nasty things to say about snowden and i thought that was very interesting. >> obama totally vind
bush which was real bad with his base. >> what i worry about -- >> he's worse than george bush that need to be clear. >> worse in what way >> on the surveillance program. >> worse meaning tough center >> tougher in the sense he's being covert, not being transparent. as a senator he actually was very critical of the provision in the patriot act which actually allows for the government, makes it legal for the government to actually collect information on...
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we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay the country waste to make rubble? what is it we are intending to get out of this? >> you clearly want a vote on this, and some of our viewers have been tweeting about this and there's a lot of consternation, obviously, as we stand now in the precipice of what looks like another war in the middle eve. one viewer writing into me, the president needs a vote here if for no other reason to have cover for what happens afterwards. do you think there will be political recriminations after the fact if the president doesn't go to congress? >> well, you know, we've seen how well the drones ha
we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay...
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also in the "washington post" today, michael gershon, a former george w. bush speech write are says cruz views this as the last stand against obama care, a conservative alamo instead, it would be a little bighorn. cruz bids to become a custer for our time, an actual shutdown of the government the only realistic outcome of his strategy would work for conservatives only if voters blamed it on obama's intransigence. >>> joining us now david corn of mother jones and sam stein with the huffington post. sam, what probably brought this to a head? what finally got people like gershon and krauthammer and others i singled out there over the prairie to say we'd better be careful. if cruz gets control of the opposition here of the republican party, we may be in trouble. >> i think it was the sheer overtness of it. it wasn't as if he was trying to set the stage for a government shutdown. he was sort of actively courting it. and when you're trying to shut down the government, you shouldn't be the one who says let's do it. that's what has convinced republicans this is a
also in the "washington post" today, michael gershon, a former george w. bush speech write are says cruz views this as the last stand against obama care, a conservative alamo instead, it would be a little bighorn. cruz bids to become a custer for our time, an actual shutdown of the government the only realistic outcome of his strategy would work for conservatives only if voters blamed it on obama's intransigence. >>> joining us now david corn of mother jones and sam stein...
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>> the former president speaking is appropriate. >> is that george bush being the former president? >> i do know that he wasn't invited. >> he was. >> okay, i have no idea. >> no republicans and no conservatives were invited. >> actually, that's not true. he is wrong. both former president bushes were invited to speak. speaker boehner and majority leader kantor were invited to speak. former governor jeb bush and senator john mccain were also invited. so if they're serious about outreach, oh, i don't know, maybe attending the march on washington would have helped. joining me now are goldie taylor and joe madison. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, reverend. >> you know, bill o'reilly, goldie, is complaining that republicans weren't invited. we know he is wrong. how can a party claiming to reach out to minority voters not show up for a commemoration like this? i'm not talking about the march saturday? i'm talking about the commemoration with three presidents of the united states. >> you know, and they really were two different events. the march on saturday was about bringing
>> the former president speaking is appropriate. >> is that george bush being the former president? >> i do know that he wasn't invited. >> he was. >> okay, i have no idea. >> no republicans and no conservatives were invited. >> actually, that's not true. he is wrong. both former president bushes were invited to speak. speaker boehner and majority leader kantor were invited to speak. former governor jeb bush and senator john mccain were also invited. so...
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we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay the country waste to make rubble? what is it we are intending to get out of this? >> you clearly want a vote on this, and some of our viewers have been tweeting about this and there's a lot of consternation, obviously, as we stand now in the precipice of what looks like another war in the middle eve. one viewer writing into me, the president needs a vote here if for no other reason to have cover for what happens afterwards. do you think there will be political recriminations after the fact if the president doesn't go to congress? >> well, you know, we've seen how well the drones ha
we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay...
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bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonable what what when the cable stations got it what happened is the mike was plugged directly into the cable without any crowd noise so it was i suppose it's the television version of taking it out of context it's not why i lost i lost because i was supposed to win iowa and i came in third and it is the legacy of the campaign which was the renovation of the democratic party was to stand up for something in the introduce introduction of high tech and do presidential campaigning so you don't think it ended with the fact that you were you know your auntie iraq war a little bit more radical than your democratic no i think the media had it in for me or this stablish. well i think the establishment may have but i think the media always has it in for the front runner. i mean that's what that's why this is that's why hillary had a hard time in two
bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonable what what when the cable stations got it what happened is the mike was plugged directly into the cable without any crowd noise so it was i suppose it's the television version of taking it out of context it's not why i lost i lost because i was...
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he called george bush to wish him with my as he recovers from his procedure for a blocked artery. they spoke on wednesday. >> good. stephanie: that was not a prank call. >> no, it was heartfelt. stephanie: exactly. kevin from d.c., you're on the "stephanie miller show." caller: good morning, stephanie. [ laughter ] caller: i went away from the t.v. for a moment and i was told that someone who shares my heritage was talking about certain things, and i don't know what to say. it made me laugh like hillary clinton. i did the ha ha ha laugh. stephanie: yes. caller: for the first time, i think in my nearly a decade with you guys, i'm speechless. >> are you saying that guy was a turkey? caller: yes. ok, if i can get my. stephanie: turkey? caller: selfishly, it's a good thing, not only considering he played the clips at the town hall and tea party monster is coming back to bite these people. if they've got to worry about being tea bagged at every little thing and elect a representative like the one that's been defeated, like the christine person, i'm not a which person. stephanie: o'donn
he called george bush to wish him with my as he recovers from his procedure for a blocked artery. they spoke on wednesday. >> good. stephanie: that was not a prank call. >> no, it was heartfelt. stephanie: exactly. kevin from d.c., you're on the "stephanie miller show." caller: good morning, stephanie. [ laughter ] caller: i went away from the t.v. for a moment and i was told that someone who shares my heritage was talking about certain things, and i don't know what to...
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george h.w. bush, george w. b h bush, in the case of rnlg george bush, directly attacked. we didn't go and launch a counterattack. we waited and got authorization. >> the idea that the president would have us believe in this speech he is suddenly oh concso concerned with our constitution is preposterous, totally ridiculous on its face. this president spent the bert year of his last campaign on his ability and willingness to circumvent congress on everything. on virtually every substantive issue. the president has been out el itting people, i don't need to wait for congress. i can do it on my own. including recess appointment. he thinks he has the authority to determine when congress is and is not in recess and now is suddenly concerned about this? if he were so concerned about congressional authorization of military action, why didn't he seek it when he did something by most accounts much more extensive in libya. he didn't because he didn't think -- >> libya didn't threaten to explode into a world war iii. >> it still was a military action. >> steve, one more run at this a
george h.w. bush, george w. b h bush, in the case of rnlg george bush, directly attacked. we didn't go and launch a counterattack. we waited and got authorization. >> the idea that the president would have us believe in this speech he is suddenly oh concso concerned with our constitution is preposterous, totally ridiculous on its face. this president spent the bert year of his last campaign on his ability and willingness to circumvent congress on everything. on virtually every substantive...
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bush. have you been knighted here in the u.k.? >> guest: oh, no. no. because i don't like the honor system in this country, so i don't have anything to do with it. >> host: why don't you like it? >> guest: well, i think it's corrupt. i mean, that some at a higher level. so whereas in america it isn't, so that's okay. >> host: your book, "modern times," which is about the history of the world, you write the first line from that book is: the modern world began on 29, may, 1919. what happened on 29, may, 1919? >> guest: that was when we first became aware of the nature and the consequences of einstein's general theory of relativity. this he had worked on and written about two or three years before during the war, but during the war we hadn't been able to verify it. it was then verified after the, when the peace came and proved shown to be pretty accurate. and then it was announced at the royal society this london on the date you have just mentioned. so that's when, at any rate, among the cognizant, among the intellectuals and the scientific community the
bush. have you been knighted here in the u.k.? >> guest: oh, no. no. because i don't like the honor system in this country, so i don't have anything to do with it. >> host: why don't you like it? >> guest: well, i think it's corrupt. i mean, that some at a higher level. so whereas in america it isn't, so that's okay. >> host: your book, "modern times," which is about the history of the world, you write the first line from that book is: the modern world began on...
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george bush partially declassified it. i learned to my extreme dismaying in the first 3.5 years presidentogram, the had used his article to the program,o run rather than the provisions of fica, which congress enacted in 1978, the foreign intelligence surveillance act was passed in 1978 in response to the abuses of the nixon administration and the recommendation of the church commission. astead of a careful system of fisa court, an intelligence committee on the hill was set up then to monitor these applications. it worked very well in my view through 2000 -- three 2001. congress after that pulled it back. strongly that may the amount of metadata is excessive. i am sure my buddy thinks this. that ought to be debated. maybe the program should be narrowed. there has been robust oversight over the years. >> i want to be clear on this. who can accesses data and for what purposes? >> i think it was a letter that went to the hill yesterday. iners were sent to congress 2009. speak to any individual member of congress that is curren
george bush partially declassified it. i learned to my extreme dismaying in the first 3.5 years presidentogram, the had used his article to the program,o run rather than the provisions of fica, which congress enacted in 1978, the foreign intelligence surveillance act was passed in 1978 in response to the abuses of the nixon administration and the recommendation of the church commission. astead of a careful system of fisa court, an intelligence committee on the hill was set up then to monitor...
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. >>> form president george bush is back at home after a health scare this week. as you probably heard, he had a stint placed in an artery. the news came as a shock who regard president bush as a model of physical fitness. >> reporter: in office and out, george w. bush has been regarded by many as the most fit president ever. mountain biking, swimming, golfing, weightlifting and laboring on his ranch. his annual physicals while in office found him in excellent health with no history of diabetes and low to very low coronary artery disease. so when physicians inserted a stint to reopen an artery, some people may have been stunned. but not dr. lerner. >> i think it is a case that people should go to their doctors and not assume because they exercise a lot they don't necessarily have a heart problem. >> reporter: he wrote a book called "when illness goes public" and says when famous people face illness, this is the good that almost always follows, public awareness and action rise sharply. when betty ford disclosed she had breast cancer, the number of women seeking scr
. >>> form president george bush is back at home after a health scare this week. as you probably heard, he had a stint placed in an artery. the news came as a shock who regard president bush as a model of physical fitness. >> reporter: in office and out, george w. bush has been regarded by many as the most fit president ever. mountain biking, swimming, golfing, weightlifting and laboring on his ranch. his annual physicals while in office found him in excellent health with no...
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then george w. bush. they say people weren't nice to george bush so we're going to be extra mean to barack obama. and they're constantly framing their policies. now, in the irs case, there has been a really pernicious use of the irs. would be to go after political enemies. but the only person who's done that, you've seen democratic leaning groups or liberal leaning groups complaining they were audited during the bush administration including the naacp. that is closer to the nixonian model than the irs. >> we saw congressional hearings, now we find out the irs was also looking for successors to acorn. even using those cute little acorns there looking for progressive groups. anyone that looks political. what happened to all of this noise we were hearing on the hill? >> remember it was elijah cummings that pointed out some time ago if it's being nixonian it's issa. issa was limiting the amount of information coming out to paint a specific picture that he wanted painted. remember there was that back and forth
then george w. bush. they say people weren't nice to george bush so we're going to be extra mean to barack obama. and they're constantly framing their policies. now, in the irs case, there has been a really pernicious use of the irs. would be to go after political enemies. but the only person who's done that, you've seen democratic leaning groups or liberal leaning groups complaining they were audited during the bush administration including the naacp. that is closer to the nixonian model than...
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the last politician to claim victory in iowa and win the republican nomination was george bush. >> in 2000. >> you you were probably not even out of high school at the time. >> that's very kind. >> so why the continued rush on iowa? >> at least for the republican side, it doesn't predict victory in the white house but there is p.r. value. there is political value. there's some cache there. just ask rick santorum and michele bachmann. and michele bachmann's campaign was flailing until she'll won that straw pole. it can breathe new life into a struggling campaign. now, it's up to them to do with that what they will and make a go of it, but iowa is still important politically and p.r. wise. >> and all the speculation on hillary clinton who came in third in 2008, she has not visited any of these early states. what's going on here? >> a, she doesn't have to because she's a huge, huge front-runner. she hasn't even signalled she's going to do it. but i think it's very interesting. you look at that display of all of those republican leaders and you don't see one of them, as best i can tell, w
the last politician to claim victory in iowa and win the republican nomination was george bush. >> in 2000. >> you you were probably not even out of high school at the time. >> that's very kind. >> so why the continued rush on iowa? >> at least for the republican side, it doesn't predict victory in the white house but there is p.r. value. there is political value. there's some cache there. just ask rick santorum and michele bachmann. and michele bachmann's campaign...
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bush. so it gives you a sense of how volatile the security situation remains here across the country. >> we just heard from the president and i wonder if on the ground in cairo there is any sense that canceling joint u.s.-egyptian political tear exercises will make a dent in the dynamics of this situation. >> well, most of the analysis right now and some of the commentary coming out of egyptians is, so what? it really doesn't matter that much. the interpretation of president obama's cancellation of these joint exercises is not widely considered in the eyes of many egyptians as a significant punishment or significant development. in fact, many people have been welcoming the egyptian military's position being somewhat unilateral in its decision making in that it has been somewhat removed from the calculation of the international arena when it comes to egyptian national sovereignty. that's something the egyptian military has repeatedly stated time and time again. in fact, in one of the few and
bush. so it gives you a sense of how volatile the security situation remains here across the country. >> we just heard from the president and i wonder if on the ground in cairo there is any sense that canceling joint u.s.-egyptian political tear exercises will make a dent in the dynamics of this situation. >> well, most of the analysis right now and some of the commentary coming out of egyptians is, so what? it really doesn't matter that much. the interpretation of president obama's...
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>> weintraub -- >> a love letter to george bush. that's your answer. >> oh, jerry, i want to move you, man. give me a movie. >> we got one. that's good. >> mika was looking up the top ten conservative movies of all time, to tell you how much they had to reach, "rocky". >> do we count "air force one." what do we think of "air force one" that president. >> sort of a republican. come on. >> he was tough on russia. right? he was tough -- >> i just want to know -- i want to know why "rocky" -- >> "top gun". >> "rocky iv" takes down drago and ends the cold war. >> i stand corrected. he's ours. >> in 24, in all honesty, in 24, at least on international issues. >> fox entertainment there. >> "deer hunter." >> who was the republican. >> "black hawk down". >> what is this? >> i don't understand. >> maybe it makes your point. >> yeah. made my point. >> chuck todd, thank you. see you at 9:00 a.m. on "the daily run down". >> your friends at nbc entertainment filled your inbox. >> i know. yeah. i'm going to be ducking that. great working here. it
>> weintraub -- >> a love letter to george bush. that's your answer. >> oh, jerry, i want to move you, man. give me a movie. >> we got one. that's good. >> mika was looking up the top ten conservative movies of all time, to tell you how much they had to reach, "rocky". >> do we count "air force one." what do we think of "air force one" that president. >> sort of a republican. come on. >> he was tough on russia. right?...
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. >> david: there were a lot of questions about george bush politicizing terror warnings, should we be asking those questions now? >> we don't have in the last four and a half years a lot of evidence of barack obama doing the same thing as bush and cheney. so we don't need to be spectacle of these warnings on those facts alone. >> david: most congressmen have spoken out in favor of this, but they don't know much necessarily about what the nsa is doing. there was a big story in the guardian, saying members are being rejected in trying to find out what is going on. so are lawmakers sort of saying stuff that they don't know what they are saying. >> lawmakers, as you know, david like to follow the pack and take the safest position, and the safest position is say let's trust these are bad guys, sure they want to get us. >> stephanie: let's turn to some of the fighting among the parties right now. last week rand paul and chris christie, they had a big fight. they knocked heads. this week mitch mcconnell fighting off his primary challenger. he has even created a website saying bailout bevin c
. >> david: there were a lot of questions about george bush politicizing terror warnings, should we be asking those questions now? >> we don't have in the last four and a half years a lot of evidence of barack obama doing the same thing as bush and cheney. so we don't need to be spectacle of these warnings on those facts alone. >> david: most congressmen have spoken out in favor of this, but they don't know much necessarily about what the nsa is doing. there was a big story in...
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george w. bush gets an unexpected surgery. what doctors find wrong with the former president's heart. >>> and full house. 11 boys in 1 family. and now, another newborn. did the family finally get their girl?
george w. bush gets an unexpected surgery. what doctors find wrong with the former president's heart. >>> and full house. 11 boys in 1 family. and now, another newborn. did the family finally get their girl?
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george w. bush had problems in his second term. this president also challenged by a year of starts and stops. what do we see when the president and congress come back in the fall that will give americans hope to believe that washington will start getting some things done? >> well, i think part of it is what people here when they go home, these members of congress, because, you know, as you've pointed out in the poll that you put up, congress is at 12%. i think people have no patience for the notion of a government shutdown, these kinds of showdowns that some in the republican caucus have threatened. so there is an inpet tus to try and get something done around the budget, perhaps around immigration. people want to see program. the frustration you hear americans expressing is about gridlock. and they want to see these guysing are together to get things done. you see that happening between republicans and democrat in the senate. the house is a tough nut to crack. perhaps the voters are the one to do it. >> as a fair-minded, down the
george w. bush had problems in his second term. this president also challenged by a year of starts and stops. what do we see when the president and congress come back in the fall that will give americans hope to believe that washington will start getting some things done? >> well, i think part of it is what people here when they go home, these members of congress, because, you know, as you've pointed out in the poll that you put up, congress is at 12%. i think people have no patience for...
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. >> they put up with george bush, i, bob dole. we are disappointed with george w. and then by mitt romney. now coming loaded for bear for 2016. i predict the hard right will take over the republican party in 2016 and the nomination is going to -- rand paul. the. >> what do you think about that, cheryl? rand paul with 16% behind chris christie at 21. is he h the won to watch that has the structure, grassroots structure that a republican party nominee needs? >> i don't think so. with george w. bush you had an idealogue who successfully pretended to be a prague mattist to get into office. with romney you have a pragmatist who tried to convert himself into an idealogue. with chris christie you have the pragmatist versus paul the idealogue. i think republicans are desperate for someone who's tacking more to the center to policies that, in fact, most americans prefer. >> steve, you were smiling. what's your take? >> i was smiling because with all due respect to chris matthews rand paul has a long-term problem. he's a crack pot problem. the southern avenger on the staff d
. >> they put up with george bush, i, bob dole. we are disappointed with george w. and then by mitt romney. now coming loaded for bear for 2016. i predict the hard right will take over the republican party in 2016 and the nomination is going to -- rand paul. the. >> what do you think about that, cheryl? rand paul with 16% behind chris christie at 21. is he h the won to watch that has the structure, grassroots structure that a republican party nominee needs? >> i don't think...
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for president against george w. bush in 2004. you can see mr. kerry's statement and the president's full statement on our website, c-span.org. in connecticut, bill on the independent line. hi. caller: is today, i was reading an article that talked about an , oreporter that discovered interviewed rebels who actually had the chemicals and set them off. we have not heard any of this in the mainstream press, which is strange. this is a reputable reporter from ap. , the seniorint is counsel at the world bank indicated this is all about running a pipeline from kuwait to syria in order to block off russia's ability to sell gas to the european market. these are stories that have not got into the mainstream. those are my point. thank you. cheryl and the independent line. about theam calling president and the situation in syria. i agree with the caller. there are alternative motives. we do not know why they are doing all of these wars. we have been in so many wars since president obama has been here. he always has people in his cabinet who are supposedly
for president against george w. bush in 2004. you can see mr. kerry's statement and the president's full statement on our website, c-span.org. in connecticut, bill on the independent line. hi. caller: is today, i was reading an article that talked about an , oreporter that discovered interviewed rebels who actually had the chemicals and set them off. we have not heard any of this in the mainstream press, which is strange. this is a reputable reporter from ap. , the seniorint is counsel at the...
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it's not a question of do we trust president obama or george bush, the real question is are we going to trust government palin. my answer is no. cenk: i would go further, though. i would ask the question can we trust president obama. they always say it's in the future. well, my god, what if a republican came into office. we had a republican named bush. we elected a guy who put up a lot of placards that said change and then decided not to change a damn thing and then expanded the programs. we found out yesterday that the d.e.a. is actually using some of the spying to go after criminal cases, normal average criminal cases in the united states and covering it up from the prosecutors, judges and of course the defense attorneys. so, it's here. it's already here. so, canning man grayson, i ask you as i often do, what in the world happened to president obama that the guy who ran on change said no, i love what the bush-cheney administration did and i'm going to continue it and build upon it? >> well, it turns out that president obama in some respects is a deeply conflicted person who always
it's not a question of do we trust president obama or george bush, the real question is are we going to trust government palin. my answer is no. cenk: i would go further, though. i would ask the question can we trust president obama. they always say it's in the future. well, my god, what if a republican came into office. we had a republican named bush. we elected a guy who put up a lot of placards that said change and then decided not to change a damn thing and then expanded the programs. we...
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president george w. bush was the very first president to declassify a presidential daily briefing. he declassified it and released it in the spring of 2004 to the commission that was investigating the 9/11 attacks. the briefing that was declassified was the one delivered to president bush while he was on vacation at his ranch in texas five weeks before 9/11 happened. the title of that specific presidential briefing, why it is so famous, why it made headlines not just then but for years, was -- actually i'll just let condoleezza rice explain it. here she is testifying as national security adviser in watch. >> i want to ask you some questions about the august 6, 2001 pdb. you acknowledged that richard clarke told you that al qaeda cells were in the united states. did you tell the president at any time prior to august 6 of the existence of al qaeda cells in the united states? >> first, let me just make certain -- >> if you could just answer that question because i only have a very limited time. >> i understand, commissioner, but it's important that i also address -- [ applause ] it's
president george w. bush was the very first president to declassify a presidential daily briefing. he declassified it and released it in the spring of 2004 to the commission that was investigating the 9/11 attacks. the briefing that was declassified was the one delivered to president bush while he was on vacation at his ranch in texas five weeks before 9/11 happened. the title of that specific presidential briefing, why it is so famous, why it made headlines not just then but for years, was --...
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and then that had to go up to george bush who had to approve it as the president has to approve the rendition. the only way costelli could get approval is if silvio berlusconi was on board of with it, and the head of the cia was on board with it. the italians had to be the law enforcement group on the ground to arrest. >> they had to be the ones to grab him? >> they had to be the ones to arrest him, and then turn him over to the americans. that's the we it was supposed to function. the italian intelligence decided they were not going to be part of this. and silvio berlusconi said absolutely not. they didn't have the authority to do this for berlusconi. they were not allowed to be involved in renditions. and finally, they also discovered a few weeks later, that the italian law enforcement had omar under surveillance for two years. and they could not disrupt -- >> they picked up because -- >> they were not allowed by law to disrupt that investigation. >> if jeffrey costelli was the architect of this whole plan, how was he able to get diplomatic immunity initially when none of the other -- >> th
and then that had to go up to george bush who had to approve it as the president has to approve the rendition. the only way costelli could get approval is if silvio berlusconi was on board of with it, and the head of the cia was on board with it. the italians had to be the law enforcement group on the ground to arrest. >> they had to be the ones to grab him? >> they had to be the ones to arrest him, and then turn him over to the americans. that's the we it was supposed to function....
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george bush unfortunately never did. and so what happened was when israel attacked gaza come when israel attacked lebanon, when the u.s. committed is outrageous and iraq we lost heir of public opinion and we had this little guy in tehran becoming the new hero of the arab masses, saying to them come your governments are doing nothing. i'm the one standing up against the west. in 2006, his numbers were way it. iran's numbers rose as arab alienation and frustration with the west group and as the ability or the willingness of their own leaders to challenge the west became obvious, they went down and aquatint shot went up. they became the resistance that was fighting for air of honor and everyone arab honor was viewed after abu ghraib, you know, it's tough. we don't want remember on the great. we forget it. arabs don't. we don't want to think about what the iraq war meant all those years, or what the continued situation of palestinians, or of lebanon beleaguered after all these years and continually under threat were occupied
george bush unfortunately never did. and so what happened was when israel attacked gaza come when israel attacked lebanon, when the u.s. committed is outrageous and iraq we lost heir of public opinion and we had this little guy in tehran becoming the new hero of the arab masses, saying to them come your governments are doing nothing. i'm the one standing up against the west. in 2006, his numbers were way it. iran's numbers rose as arab alienation and frustration with the west group and as the...
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if you talk like everything is fine like george w. bush, you don't hear or see anything. if you pay stark attention what is happening the last four and a half years you see the game. half the country has rejected this guy as president through the voices of their leaders. maybe it's 47%. they don't like. but it's about 50/50 right now. the trouble is those who do believe in him are pouting right now and pouting is not a good political movement. >> i want to give everybody a quick update on where we stand for today's activities, chris. we are a few moments away from the first speaker but we are going to be hearing from former presidents beginning at 1:00 p.m. president clinton will speak first and followed by president carter and president obama will give his address. at 3:00 this afternoon, a half century to the minute the bells will toll at the same moment 50 years ago when dr. king uttered the famous words "let freedom ring." the bell ceremony will include sound in d.c. and across the country at 3:00 p.m. all around. so you'll notice that taking place. joining our conver
if you talk like everything is fine like george w. bush, you don't hear or see anything. if you pay stark attention what is happening the last four and a half years you see the game. half the country has rejected this guy as president through the voices of their leaders. maybe it's 47%. they don't like. but it's about 50/50 right now. the trouble is those who do believe in him are pouting right now and pouting is not a good political movement. >> i want to give everybody a quick update on...